Kyle Turner, Author at The Playlist

‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’: Ryan Murphy’s Latest Sensationalized Scandal Doesn’t Leave A Lasting Impact [Review]

September 3, 2021 2:39 pm

In the wake of documentaries on Britney Spears, Lorena Bobbitt, and other victims of a crueler, “more misogynistic” press machine, the hook to these projects is a prodding at both individual and collective mem...

Max Harwood, Everybody's Talking About Jamie

‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’: A Queer, Coming-Of-Age Drag Queen Tale That’s Effervescent [Review]

Kyle Turner

August 30, 2021 3:59 pm

News, Reviews

Much of “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” is like its aspiring drag queen protagonist (Max Harwood), torn between the anxious modesty of inexperience and the bombast bursting at the seams. It’s frankly not a b...

‘Halston’: Ewan McGregor Stars In A Cookie-Cutter JC Penney-Esque Fashion Mini-Series; Mass-Produced & Devoid Of Identity [Review]

Kyle Turner

May 14, 2021 9:27 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

If '70s fashion designer Halston is a creation, a persona, an idea of a person (one with taste), one that eventually gets watered down and then wisps away under the thumb of mass marketing beyond its initial c...

Kyle Turner’s Best Films Of 2020

Kyle Turner

December 21, 2020 2:10 pm

News

It was admittedly hard to express a lot of interest in new films when my brain was just that gif of Dorinda from “Real Housewives of New York” spitting, “I’ll tell you how I’m doing! Not well, bitch!” playing ...

‘The Prom’: ‘Glee’ Redux, TikTok-Level Cringe & A Musical Tweens-Only Vibe [Review]

Kyle Turner

December 1, 2020 10:54 am

Features, News, Reviews

Beneath the affected spectacle of "The Prom" is a relatively compelling premise: a handful of out of touch New Yorkers— nay, Broadway actors, condescend to a small town under the guise of spreading progressive...

‘The Boys In The Band’: The Iconic Play Finds New Meaning In Joe Mantello’s Starry-Eyed Film [Review]

Kyle Turner

September 25, 2020 11:24 am

News, Reviews

The catty screeches of the smashed birthday partying queers in Mart Crowley’s Off-Broadway play "The Boys in the Band" were not merely sliver-sharp gibes and ice pic-like verbal jabs for their own sake. They w...

Xavier Dolan: The Essential Films

Kyle Turner

August 26, 2020 1:25 pm

Features, News

Xavier Dolan might be, at heart, our Millennial Melodramatist. With multiple premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, including two Jury Prize Award wins, a keen eye on mothers and sons, and an expressionistic a...

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